After the death of her husband, Violetta Seymour, under pressure from her son, sells the family house and tries to improve her life alone. Her daughter Audrey comes to visit her, who has just broken up with her lover, quit her once beloved job and fell into depression. Mother and daughter decide to go to France, on a trip along the Loire River valley. Audrey needs to find the strength to move on with her life. To help her daughter, Violetta reveals to her the carefully guarded secrets of the private life of the Seymour family...